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Tyler Heineman: Professional Game Caller and Part-Time Magician
On this episode of 6ix Inning Stretch with Lindsay Dunn and Whit Merrifield Whit shares his thoughts on the Jays' trade deadline and the duo welcomes Toronto's backup catcher Tyler Heineman to the show. The journeyman backstop is having a career year with the Jays, and he shares some insights to his success, praises the work of fellow catcher Alejandro Kirk, and his love for magic!
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TIME STAMPS
00:00 Welcome to Episode 6!
4:27 Whit's AAA bar story
7:10 Extra Innings - Speedway Classic Debacle
10:39 Extra Innigns - Whit's Tik Tok
12:12 Extra Innings - Fans overreacting on social media
14:30 Whit's Trade Deadline thoughts
18:02 Presented by Simply Spiked
19:03 Welcome to 6IS Tyler Heineman!
20:45 Recovery after games as a catcher
22:43 Rise of the one-knee down style
27:49 Challenge system will change pitch framing
29:17 Heineman pitching to Kirk
30:29 Dominguez traded between games
32:01 Presented by Pizza Pizza
33:04 We're over position players pitching
36:58 Creating gameplans for different Jays' pitchers
42:10 Heineman's career year at the plate -
45:20 Overcoming imposter syndrome
47:32 Creating luck when hitting
48:49 Problems with exit velocity & bat speed
51:30 Whit is this generation's David Eckstein
53:07 Tyler is a legit magician!
55:26 Tyler showing Ty France around Rogers Centre
59:28 Being on the field for manager ejections
59:39 Edge of Seventeen is an ELITE walkup song
1:00:48 Presented by Budweiser
1:01:34 Future podcast guests?
1:02:09 Fans on Deck - Pete Rose for the HOF?
1:03:56 Fans on Deck - Whit's Cabanos burger
1:05:40 Fans on Deck - Mascots and misspelling Whit's name
1:06:52 Fans on Deck - Whit's eyebrows
1:07:28 Fans on Deck - A #1 Merrifield jersey!
1:08:13 Shoutout Riviera Country Club
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